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Where does “kalva” come from?

kalva (Ido) comes from Esperanto kalva, from Italian calvo, from Latin calvus, from Proto-Italic kalowos, from Proto-Indo-European klh₂wós — bald.

kalva (Ido): bald

Definitions

  1. bald

Ancestry of “kalva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokalvabald
2Italiancalvobald; bald man
3Latincalvusbald, hairless
4Proto-Italickalowos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanklh₂wósbald

Words derived from “kalva”

  • kalveso
  • kalveskar
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